Quick true Gideons story.
The Gideons were traveling to a small private school somewhere in Africa to distribute bible to the children where the local whites spoke English, so they packed only English language NT's. Unknown to them, there was the son of a French diplomat who spoke very little English and read none, but he got a bible, too. A few days later, the schoolmaster asked them how they knew to pack a French language NT's. They had not of course and when the headmaster was questioned, it seems that somehow ONE French translation NT had accidentally packed in with the English ones and the worker handing them out had somehow randomly grabbed THAT NT and given it to the French boy.
Just coincidence? I think not.
"Quick true Gideons story. "
uh huh.
"The Gideons were traveling"
All of them? A few? What were their names? When?
"Unknown to them, there was the son of a French diplomat who spoke very little English and read none, but he got a bible, too."
Who was the diplomat? Who was the son?
" A few days later, the schoolmaster asked them how they knew to pack a French language NT's."
THE schoolmaster? There was only 1 school?
I'm sorry.... Miracle sounding story with no details, sounds more like an urban myth.
How much room does 40,000 bibles take?
Why not ship bibles AFTER shipping in rescue gear? 40 inflatable boats would be more useful in "saving" people at this point.